Hey friends, I hope you had a fantastic weekend! My view while writing this newsletter earlier :) đ My Musings Authenticity. This is a fun topic I've been thinking about recently. I feel that, for the first time in my "career," I get to be more... me! And I am so grateful for it (thanks, newsletter, for getting me out of my comfort zone with that one). Earlier this week, I was curious, so I decided to find the first emails I ever sent from my @youthambassadorsofservice.org email (at that...
about 1 year ago âĸ 5 min read
It's that time of the week! First, a little personal plug đ: The high schoolers in Youth Ambassadors of Service's fellowship program have been working so hard over the last nine months interning with a local nonprofit, participating in our curriculum, and hosting their large-scale Impact Initiative for their host organization. For those based in RDU, we'd love to have you at our Impact Showcase (sign up here), where students practice their public speaking skills and show off all the cool...
about 1 year ago âĸ 5 min read
It's musing time <3 đ My Musings I'm writing this very spur of the moment because podcasts don't usually have those nuggets I love, but this one did: Hank Green Unpacks YouTube's Biggest Problems (40:59-42:18). For those into the creator landscape, it's worth listening to the full 130 minutes of it (or reduce the friction and listen to it at 2.5x speed as I did đ). But the gist of that segment was that for creators, there's a "relative zero" once you get to a certain level. Hank mentions that...
about 1 year ago âĸ 5 min read
Guess what? Sonali dropped đŖī¸đŖī¸đŖī¸ For those who are new here, hi đ! And for those who aren't, welcome backkk! For some much-needed context, I started a newsletter this past semester where I reflected on the books I was reading/my thoughts, shared some productivity tips, community events, my favorite things, and anything else that came to mind. It's probably the most lowkey newsletter you'll find because it's literally just unfiltered me speaking in rough draft. That said, y'all are my...
about 1 year ago âĸ 5 min read
Happy Tuesday! Today's been a crazy day with two finals ... I know, what a birthday gift đ. It's been a long day, so I'm just getting around to it now! But to celebrate my twentieth birthday before I return to studying (yes, I know, crazy), I'm writing my tenth and final newsletter of the year đĨŗ. A lot of y'all have joined me on my professional journey through my work in the nonprofit sector, but I hope y'all got to enjoy a little bit of the personal front, too! It's been a fun little...
over 1 year ago âĸ 8 min read
Heyy! đ My Musings If we've had a conversation over the last six months and we haven't chatted about speed listening, that's most likely a lie because this is a topic that I bring up, quite a lot đ. I'm genuinely so passionate about it. I think I got into this whole thing over the summer (it was going to be my first newsletter but there was just too much in the moment I wanted to share đ¤). But first, before we even get into speed listening, we have to get to audio to begin with. So, why...
over 1 year ago âĸ 5 min read
'Ello friends It's Thursday!!!! That means it's newsletter time! I hope you've been having a wonderful week :) đ My Musings For those who were here back in the day (like Week 3 of the newsletter, sometime in October), I shared about the "Five Buckets" from Steven Bartlett's new book, Diary of a CEO. We're taking a look at my favorite analogy from Diary of a CEO to think about time and how we use it: The Poker Chips. @elliottaleksndr Allocating time with intentionality is essential because our...
over 1 year ago âĸ 4 min read
It's Thanksgiving! Hope you are spending time with some of the people important to you :) Gobble gobble đĻ đ My Musings So, Thanksgiving would make a lot of sense to write about Casual Magic, but I didn't think it all the way through and wrote about it in week two of the newsletter, ha! But, based on that newsletter, I had a number of folks ask me how I prioritized all the things and people that were my ⨠casual/loud magic â¨. I'm not perfect with Calendaring, but I'm going to use this time to...
over 1 year ago âĸ 6 min read
Heyy! I've been out and about most evenings, so I haven't had time to check in with y'all (or journal đĩđĢ), but here I am! Better late than never ;) There are also a lot of newbies, so if you're looking for the past newsletters, they all are compiled here! đ My Musings Okay, okay, I HAD to talk about this. Last week I dropped some wisdom from Tim Ferriss' The 4-Hour Workweek, and had to bring him back today. If you've talked to me in the last two weeks, there's likely a chance I've brought up...
over 1 year ago âĸ 4 min read